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G B JACKSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 15, 1948 – September 17, 1968
Service recordG B Jackson JR, of Santa Rosa, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 16
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- September 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Santa Rosa, California (Sonoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 16
- REX MICHAEL HOOVERSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- MICHAEL WILLIAM ISSENMANNPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- GARY FRANCIS JOHNSTONFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1968
- HAROLD JAMES KISSINGERSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
From Santa Rosa
- DANA GALE ROSELance Corporal · December 31, 1966
- DAVID MICHAEL CHANEYAirman First Class · April 16, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN BULLINGTONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT SNYDERAirman Second Class · October 15, 1967
- GREGORY LYNN DUNNPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- RICKIE DAVIS FISHERPrivate · December 4, 1967
- JERRY DEAN SCHROEDERSpecialist Four · January 3, 1968
- JOSEPH MICHAEL RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT LEON SHARPLESSPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- FREDERICK WILLIAM HAASSpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.